A new flower grew from the courtyard’s green mud, the bud was a weak purple, standing tall among the green leaves, completely different from the surrounding green grass, particularly eye-catching and pitiful.
Fang Su was resting on the couch after dinner, drifting into dreamland in a daze, in that dream, Tang QiaoYuan was as gentle as before, calling him affectionately closely, calling him a few times, and waking him up.
Fang Su opened his eyes but saw that the room was empty and quiet, the person in his dream wasn’t next to him.
The summer days were slightly hot, thin sweat came out of his forehead after taking an afternoon nap, he stretched out his hand to push the window, let more breeze enter, and leaned over to look through the window, looking for Tang QiaoYuan’s silhouette in the courtyard. He found no one, but suddenly looked at the purple little flower, which he had never seen before, and was surprised all of sudden.
Fang Su turned over to get off the bed, he walked toward the courtyard to take a closer look, crouched beside it, and tilted his head to admire it, carefully stoking it.
The flower bud was about to open, as if shy and timid, welcoming his fingertips, the touch was very soft. Fang Su looked at it for a long moment, and thought about Tang QiaoYuan again, and wanted to find him to admire it together, but unexpectedly squatted there for a too long time, and felt dizzy when getting up, he closed his eyes and took half a step back.
When he opened his eyes once again, there was someone behind who held him firmly, he didn’t know when Tang QiaoYuan returned to his side and dropped a kiss on his ear, his voice carried a smile: “Be more careful.”
Fang Su turned around to look at him, and also kissed next to his eyes, and asked him without laughing: “Where did QiaoYuan go?”
“Just now I had something to do so I went out of the mansion,” Tang QiaoYuan explained in a sentence, and didn’t say anything more, then looked left and right and asked him, “What is Su Su looking at crouched here?”
Fang Su did not think deeply about it, tugging at his sleeve and mentioned him to look down, and replied happily: “Look QiaoYuan, a new flower grew here, I’ve never noticed it before.”
“Hm, it looks good, a little purple flower grew among the green grass, it is very unique. If you like it, then let people take care of it.”
Fang Su nodded after hearing that, thought about the fact that there were occasional showers in this season, and was afraid that it would destroy the leaves, it indeed needs more care, it would be better to plant it into a pot, protected under the eaves and wait until all the flower and leaves have bloomed before moving it back to the courtyard.
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Up until now, he has already forgotten about the fact that Tang QiaoYuan went who knows where just now.
When he remembered it once again, it was already the next day’s afternoon.
When Fang Su woke up from his nap, it was just like yesterday, Tang QiaoYuan was nowhere to be found, leaving only the flowers on the porch standing desolate in the pots. He was standing on one side and watching, some uneasiness emerged in his heart, he patiently waited for a while before seeing that person return to the courtyard.
Fang Su went forward to welcome him, he originally wanted to ask him where did he go, but at this moment found it difficult to speak, only feeling that seeing him made his heart at ease, moved his lips for a while but didn’t speak a single word, and only smiled.
Tang QiaoYuan secretly saw that he felt uncertain, but still said nothing, coaxed him for a while as if nothing happened, and brought him back to the room.
For three days, four days, it was successively like this.
In the end, Fang Su couldn’t bear it, during the midday rest of that day he faked being soundly asleep, and secretly followed behind Tang QiaoYuan and left the mansion.
Tang QiaoYuan didn’t go far, did not ride the carriage, and only walked half a street, then as he turned around, he entered an elegant shop.
Fang Su stood across the street and looked inside, indistinctly seeing a young charming girl standing next to him, who was telling him something and made Tang QiaoYuan full of smiles.
That warmth in these eyes, Fang Su couldn’t be more familiar with it, for an instant, his mind was blank, and didn’t know to advance or to retreat.
There were not many people on the street, it was the hottest moment of the day, although he was standing under the eaves, his back was full of sweat. Fang Su did not move, it was as if he had hundreds of thousand catties under his feet, and they were embedded in the ground, his eyes keep looking at the shop on the opposite side, for a long time, until Tang QiaoYuan finally came out, finally lifting his head and see him.
Tang QiaoYuan’s face showed a surprised look, soon after, it showed some understanding, frowning and stepping forward, and opened his mouth wanting to explain.
Fang Su shook his head, he has always been a man of few words, but this time he was the first one to speak: “If you like her, then… I……”
Then take her to the mansion, I won’t blame you.
That sentence was going around his head for a long time, but in the end, he failed to say it properly.
Only then did Fang Su know, how can he be that generous.
Jealousy, panic, he wanted Tang QiaoYuan to only have him in his heart.
Tang QiaoYuan sighed, seeing the strong water mist in his eyes, extended his palms to him, revealing an exquisite concentric knot1.
“Su Su already has forgotten, today is the seventh of July2.” Tang QiaoYuan felt distressed and regretted a bit for hiding it from him, at this moment he couldn’t care less about his surprise, and only did his best to coax him, “Lady Lin has nimble fingers, I only went to find her to pair that pair of silver knots for you, but you like to let your imagination go wild.”
Fang Su looked distractedly at the pair of small objects and lifted his eyes to look at him, the feeling of being wronged hadn’t dissipated yet from his eyes, feeling at a loss.
Tang QiaoYuan lifted his sleeve to wipe the sweat off his forehead, thought about the fact that he stood there for a long time, and felt his heart ache, wrapped his fingers around him, and took him back to the mansion.
Fang Su was silent the whole way back, after returning to the mansion, he was hugged by Tang QiaoYuand and carefully coaxed for a long time, then his heart felt at peace, his heart was full of happiness, and lifted his head to kiss him, very affectionately.
After a while, Tang QiaoYuan tied the silver knot at his waist.
“Originally I only wanted to show them to you tonight, but I did not know that it would make you worried instead, blame me.”
“Is it I who…” Fang Su admitted his mistake, but before he got to finish his sentence, he was kissed by Tang QiaoYuan.
“My Su Su is right no matter what he does.”
Fang Su laughed out loud, the unhappiness he felt during these last days vanished like smoke in thin air, the silver ornament on his waist, making a pair with his (TQY).
Conversation in the bedchamber didn’t need any more words.
Just as he remembered, it was written in books:
Concentric knots, attached for a hundred years, without regret when alive, unchanging when dead.3
Notes:
There’s a variety of these knots but here is an example.
- July 7th (Lunar calendar) is the Chinese Valentine’s day, also known as “Qi Xi”, it comes from the myth of Niu Lang and Zhi Nu, the pair only gets to be reunited every July 7th. (Also known as Tanabata in Japan.) I am a bit lazy to explain because it’s a whole myth, Google is your best friend.
- 扣百年, it is the same 扣 as for arrest/take someone into custody to I used ‘attached’
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Thank you for this! ❤️ That’s another sweet chapter ㅠㅠ Su Su is my spirit animal lol we also have wild imagination and overthinks every single things hahaha he’s so cute, they are so cute!
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